Three people have been charged after five of police officers were assaulted in three separate incidents.

In the first incident at around 9.50pm on Friday, police were called to a public order incident in a Lancaster holiday park. Three officers attended and during attempts to make arrests one was bitten, punched and kicked, one was spat at, scratched and bitten and a third was held down by his neck and punched repeatedly.

Paul Livesey, 50, of Moorfield Avenue, Denton, was arrested at the scene has since been charged with six counts of assaulting an emergency worker. He was due to appear at Blackpool Magistrates’ Court on Monday.

The second incident occurred less than half an hour later, when police were called to an address on the Sandylands Promenade in Heysham following reports of a concern for welfare. While at the address a student officer was punched several times. He was taken to hospital but not seriously hurt.

Lee Jephcott, 43, of Sandylands Promenade, Heysham has since been charged with assaulting a police officer. He is due to appear at Lancaster Magistrates’ Court on October 12.

The third incident occurred at around 3.10am on Saturday morning while an officer was carrying out a routine stop in Blackpool on suspicion of drugs offences. The man resisted arrest and the PC suffered an arm injury in the process.

Reece Cardwell, 26, of Branstree Road, Blackpool, has since been charged with possession of class A drugs, possession of an offensive weapon and resisting arrest. He is due to appear at Blackpool Magistrates’ Court on September 30th.

Ch Supt Karen Edwards, of Lancashire Police’s West Division, said: “Assaults on emergency services workers are totally unacceptable and these incidents show the dangers that officers face every single day.

“It should not be seen as simply part of the job and we will continue to seek the prosecution of anyone who assaults our staff and, more importantly, will support our officers and staff if they are assaulted.

“The physical and mental scars of such incidents can last a lifetime and we will not stand for our officers being treated in this way.”